The city’s festival organisers are no stranger to taking home a gong or two either. 2016 saw Positive Vibration win Best New Festival and is back this year competing in four categories, cementing it’s place as one of the UK’s best events.

Liverpool Sound City won the Best Festival for Emerging Talent award at last years event, an accolade previously held by Liverpool International Music Festival in 2015.

Another accolade used to ending up in Liverpool hands is that of Best Metropolitan Festival, won by Sound City and Liverpool Music Week in 2015 and 2016 respectively and with five of our festivals included in this years shortlist, it’s one we hope to see coming back to the city again.

The Festival Awards themselves take place at London’s Printworks on November 30th 2017. Good luck to all of Liverpool’s representatives who work tireless to bring us literally award winning festivals on a yearly basis.